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being  Mr.  T.  W.  Sanders.  The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were 
read  and  confirmed,  and  a  good  deal  of  correspondence  and  ordinary 
routine  work  disposed  of. 
The  dates  of  the  Society’s  shows  for  1898  are  proposed  as  follows  :  — 
September  6th,  7th,  and  8th  ;  October  11th,  12th,  and  13th  ;  November  8th, 
9th,  and  10th  ;  December  6th,  7th,  and  8th.  The  Secretary  then  pre¬ 
sented  a  rough  financial  statement  concerning  the  cost  and  sale  of  the 
Society's  Jubilee  edition  of  the  catalogue,  which  was,  considering  every¬ 
thing,  regarded  as  satisfactory.  The  demand  is  steadj’,  and  it  is 
expected  that  there  will  be  a  good  demand  for  this  work  during  the 
present  season.  Mr.  Bevan  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  at  present 
there  was  no  Catalogue  Committee  in  existence,  none  having  been 
elected  early  in  the  year,  and  he  thought  this  was  a  matter  that  should 
be  settled  without  delay. 
It  was  announced  that  the  Society’s  annual  outing  for  1898  had  been 
fixed,  and  arrangements  made  with  the  G.E.R.  Company  to  undertake 
entire  charge  of  the  party.  This  event  is  fixed  for  the  18th  July.  Stewards 
for  the  November  Exhibition  were  elected,  the  following  gentlemen  being 
elected — viz.,  Messrs.  Langdon,  Simpson,  Taylor,  Willis,  Ingamels,  and 
Reeve.  Following  an  old-established  precedent,  the  Committee  have 
invited  members  of  the  Floral  Committee  to  dine  together  on  the  evening 
of  the  last  day  on  which  they  meet — namely,  13  th  December,  in  considera¬ 
tion  of  their  services  to  the  Society. 
Mr.  Harman  Payne  called  attention  to  a  letter  he  had  received  from 
the  President  of  the  French  National  Chrysanthemum  Society,  M. 
Maxime  de  la  Rocheterie,  offering  a  cordial  invitation  to  the  members  of 
the  English  Society  at  the  Orleans  Conference  on  the  6th  November,  and 
expressing  a  wish  to  see  some  blooms  staged  of  English  cultivation.  No 
proposal,  however,  was  made,  there  being  apparently  nobody  desirous  of 
making  the  journey,  the  French  Show  unfortunately  clashing  with  the 
one  at  the  Aquarium.  It  was  announced  that  the  annual  dinner  of  the 
Society  was  fixed  for  Wednesday,  the  24th  November,  at  Anderton’s 
Hotel,  and  that  Mr.  T.  W.  Sanders,  the  Chairman  of  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee,  would  preside  on  that  occasion.  Thirty-one  new  members  were 
elected,  and  the  following  Societies  were  admitted  in  affiliation  : — The 
Wolverhampton  Chrysanthemum  Society  and  the  Romford  Society. 
Honours  foe  Chrysanthemum  Raisers. 
Some  of  our  readers  will  be  interested  in  learning  that  ^lons.  Ernest 
Calvat  has  recently  been  promoted  from  Chevalier  to  Officer  of  the  Order 
of  the  Merite  Agricole,  and  that  Mons.  Alfred  Chantrier,  a  raiser  of  more 
recent  repute,  has  been  appointed  Chevalier  of  the  same  Order. 
Chrysanthemum  Leap  Rust. 
It  would  be  interesting  to  know  if  some  varieties  of  Chrysanthemums 
are  proof  against  the  leaf  rust.  I  grow  some  half-dozen  varieties  for 
producing  medium-sized  flowers  for  cutting,  and  amongst  them  every 
plant  of  Niveus  is  attacked  rather  badly,  but  I  cannot  find  a  leaf  affected 
on  any  other  variety.  No  incurved  are  grown.— Wm.  Taylor. 
Early  Flowering  Chrysanthemums. 
Much  excellent  work  has  been  done  by  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  in  its  Gardens  at  Chiswick,  and  the  careful  trial  of  early  flowering 
Chysanthemums  that  has  been  conducted,  is  another  score  to  their 
record.  In  the  experienced  hands  of  Mr.  S.  T.  Wright  the  trial  has  been 
admirably  conducted,  and  the  results  most  interesting  as  well  as  instructive. 
One  long  border,  with  two  or  three  smaller  beds,  were  requisitioned,  and 
in  the  early  part  of  this  month  there  was  a  grand  display.  Some  of  the 
very  early  varieties  were  then  almost  over,  while  others  were  still  only  in 
bud  ;  but  the  majority  were  at  the  highest  stage  of  their  beauty.  The 
Floral  Committee  of  the  Society  visited  the  collection,  and  after  careful 
inspection,  awarded  marks  of  honour  in  several  instances.  M  any  varieties 
had  previously  received  recognition,  and  were  not  again  given  marks.  A 
few  varieties  were  of  inferior  merit  and  not  worth  growing. 
Though  we  do  not  propose  to  particularise  all  those  that  secured 
awards  of  merit,  we  may  advantageously  make  brief  references  to  a  few 
of  the  best  in  the  collection.  No  effort  was  made  to  put  them  down  in 
order  of  merit,  but  instead  brief  notes  were  made  when  in  walking  along 
a  variety  of  special  merit  was  seen.  We  may  commence  with  L’Ami 
Conderchet,  which  in  habit  of  growth  strikingly  resembles  Aster  acris. 
The  numerous  flowers  are  of  a  soft  primrose  shade.  The  dwarf  free- 
flowering  Madame  Ed.  Lefort,  with  its  old  gold  coloured  blooms,  is  certain 
to  be  admired,  and  the  same  remarks  apply  to  Anastasia,  of  which  the 
flowers  are  of  a  pinkish  purple  hue.  A  beautiful  bronze  is  Fred  Maronet, 
while  Canari  is  a  superb  yellow.  Both  of  these  are  dwarf  and  free. 
Another  yellow  of  merit  is  Flora,  which  is  exceedingly  useful  for  cutting. 
White  St.  Croats  and  Mdlle.  Jolivart  are  both  pure  white,  though  the 
first  named  has  a  conspicuous  yellow  centre.  Longfellow,  another  white 
of  pyramidal  habit,  is  unsurpassed  for  cutting. 
For  dwarfness  pride  of  place  must  be  accorded  to  Dodo,  which  attains 
a  height  of  only  about  9  inches.  As  the  plants  are  upwards  of  three- 
quarters  of  a  yard  through,  and  covered  with  bright  yellow  flowers,  the 
effect  they  produce  can  easily  be  imagined.  Madame  M.  Masse  may  be 
described  as  a  deeply  coloured  Viviand  Morel,  and  is  of  good  quality. 
T^Irs.  Selby,  rose  pink  in  colour  and  very  dwarf,  must  not  be  omitted, 
while  Mytchett  White  must  have  a  place  in  every  collection.  White  Lady 
is  also  very  fine.  The  lady’s  flower  is  Toreador,  which  is  of  a  deep 
bronze  colour.  Piercy’s  Seedling  and  Golden  Fleece  are  yellows  of  the 
highest  quality,  and  with  them  this  brief  reference  must  close.  The  trial 
is  a  credit  to  the  Society  and  to  Mr.  S.  T.  Wright.— D.  R. 
EARLY  FLOWERING  CHRYSANTHEiMUMS  at  the  AQUARIU:^!. 
Some  decidedly  good  useful  varieties  of  early  flowering  Chrvs- 
anthemums  were  exhibited  at  the  recent  Aquarium  Show  of  the  National 
Chrysanthemum  Society.  The  varieties  enumerated  below  were  set  up 
in  bunches,  these  being  sufficiently  numerous  not  only  to  indicate  the 
characteristics  of  each  variety,  but  to  show  the  effect  produced  by  the 
liberal  use  of  one  variety.  The  varieties  belonged  large'y  to  the  smaller 
flowered  section  of  the  .lapanese,  and  most  of  them  will  probably  flower 
as  well  outdoors  in  a  favourable  position  as  under  glass  in  pots 
The  description  of  colour  may  not  in  all  cases  be  strictly  as  the  flowers 
were  seen  under  artificial  light.  Not  any  one  variety  can  be  said  to  be 
unworthy  of  employment  in  decoration,  as  the  flowers  were  bright  and 
fresh,  producing  an  excellent  display.  They  were  also  light  and  graceful, 
and  formed  a  distinct  contrast  to  the  ever-increasing  number  of  the 
imposing  large-flowered  varieties  which  bloom  in  October. 
Albert  Chausson  is  a  rich  orange,  tipped  yellow;  Orange  Child,  a  lemon 
yellow  ;  Notaire  Croz,  deep  lilac  or  heliotrope  ;  Eclaireur,  a  good  purple 
Japanese  variety  :  Puisart  Courboillier,  crimson  .Japanese  ;  De  la  Guille, 
l)ronzy  yellow;  Claret  Belle,  rich  claret  colour;  Ernest  Mathieu,  neat 
short-petalled  flow'er  ;  Ambrose  Thomas,  crimson  red,  long  narrow  florets  ; 
Montague,  deep  rich  purple  ;  M.  Backman,  deep  bronze  ;  Ivy  Elphic, 
pink  ;  iMons.  E.  P.  Van  Geirt,  yellow,  striped  red,  erect  pointed  petals; 
Queen  of  the  Ear  lies,  pearly  white  .Japanese,  broad  florets,  a  lovely  acqui¬ 
sition  to  early  flowering  decorative  white  Chrysanthemums  ;  Bronze 
Dwarf,  colour,  as  its  name  implies,  good  ;  Madame  Eulalie  Morel,  lilac, 
florets  yellow  as  opening  ;  President  T.efevre,  rose  and  white  ;  Sunshine, 
splendid  rich  bright  yellow',  a  globular  flow'er  wuth  broad  petals  ;  Sam 
Barlow,  narrow  twisted  florets,  deep  pink  or  lilac  ;  Rose  Queen,  rose 
lilac,  incurving  petals  ;  Roi  des  Precoces,  deep  crimson,  a  good  and  desir¬ 
able  variety,  though  not  of  recent  introduction  ;  Mychett  White,  narrow 
florets,  good  ;  Bronze  Prince,  bronze,  yellow  underneath  petals. 
Calyat’8  Introductions. 
Among  the  recent  introductions  of  the  French  raiser,  Mons.  Calvat,  a 
very  pretty  and  useful  medium  sized  Chrysanthemum  is  Soleil  d’Oetobre. 
This  is  a  canary  yellow,  rich  and  clear.  The  incurved  variety  Perle 
Dauphinoise  is  a  good  mid-October  variety  ;  colour  old  gold.  Madame 
Gustave  Henry,  with  pure  white  long  tubular  florets,  is  in  splendid 
condition  about  the  same  time  ;  so  also  is  Mons.  Hoste.  This  variety  has 
very  wide  florets,  being  a  .Japanese  reflexed.  The  colour  is  rosy  white, 
tinted  yellow.  Vt.  Roger  de  Chezelles,  a  lovely  old  gold  and  orange,  is 
really  a  splendid  flower  with  drooifing  florets. 
Prominent  New  Varieties. 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Palmer  is  a  sport  from  Mrs.  C.  H.  Payne  ;  colour  bronze, 
and  the  florets  broad  ;  the  flower  is  of  large  size.  Geo.  Seward  is  a  fine 
orange  bronze.  Elthorne  Beauty  has  full  deep  blooms,  of  a  deep  pink, 
the  florets  being  very  numerous,  long  and  drooping.  Simplicity  is  a 
remarkably  fine  white,  forming  a  beautiful  flower,  with  the  petals  incurv¬ 
ing  at  the  points.  Emily  Silsbury  is  another  addition  to  white  Japanese 
varieties.  It  has  a  creamy  shade,  but  when  rich  and  clear  and  the  blooms 
fresh  it  is  a  chaste  addition.  John  Neville  is  a  massive  bloom,  crimson 
carmine  colour,  the  reverse  of  the  florets  yellow.  Red  "Warrior,  a  deep 
bronze.  Mrs.  H.  Vachoul,  purple,  reverse  of  florets  silver,  and  curiously 
twisted.  Admiral  Ito  is  a  lemon  yellow,  full  blooms  of  splendid  size. 
A  beautiful  white  with  an  unpronounceable  name  is  Comtesse  Jean  de 
Lavochefoucauct.*  "Win.  Laycock  is  a  lemon  yellow  with  broad  florets, 
twisted,  incurving,  and  recurving.  i\Jrs.  Tucker  Payne  is  a  deep  maroon 
with  silver  reverse. — E.  D.  S. 
Chrysanthemums  Damping. 
For  the  edification  or  instruction  of  the  younger  members  of  the 
Chrysanthemum-loving  fraternity,  as  well  as  to  enlighten  any  who  may 
be  in  a  state  of  embarrassment  caused  by  the,  I  may  say,  greatest  evil  a 
“Mum”  grower  has  to  contend  with — viz.,  the  damping  of  the  blooms,  I 
am  prompted  to  contribute  a  few  remarks  to  the  columns  of  “our 
.Journal”  touching  on  this  most  important  subject. 
Damping  arises  from  various  causes.  For  instance,  if  the  season  be  a 
wet  one,  or  the  weather  be  heavy  or  foggy,  the  evil  is  sure  to  be  more  or 
less  felt ;  again,  if  the  houses  in  which  the  plants  are  placed  are  badly 
glazed  it  will  put  in  an  appearance,  accompanied  by  mildew  upon  the 
foliage;  hut  to  my  mind  overfeeding  is  at  the  bottom  of  the  major 
portion  of  the  trouble.  Having  been  a  grower  for  many  years  I  have 
long  held  this  conviction,  and  this  year  I  am  more  than  ever  convinced 
that  such  is  the  case.  Some  six  weeks  ago  it  fell  to  my  lot  to  take  charge 
of  a  quantity  of  Chrysanthemums,  which  at  first  sight  ai)peared  to  be  all 
that  one  could  desire,  but  when  closely  examined  1  quickly  found  that 
artificial  stimulants  had  been  applied  too  freely,  the  growths  being 
exceedingly  gross  and  thick,  and  lacking  that  rich  colour  and  solidity  of 
bark  and  wood  which  healthy  and  well-grown  plants  present.  T  at  once 
saw  that  ray  only  remedy  to  avert  disaster  from  damping  was  to  withhold 
stimulants  altogether  :  this  I  did,  of  course  gradually,  with  the  result 
that  the  nia  ority  of  the  plants  that  were  then  in  bud  have,  as  fast  as  the 
petals  commenced  to  unfold  themselves,  been  attacked,  whilst  others  that 
were  not  so  forward  are  expanding  their  blooms  satisfactorily. 
Taking  the  above  facts  into  consideration,  every  thoughtful  reader 
will  at  once  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  reason  of  the  results  achieved 
is  not  far  to  seek.  The  plants,  having  been  gorged  with  stimulants,  had, 
comparatively  speaking,  gone  on  all  right ;  but  as  soon  as  the  growth 
*  Is  it  spelt  correctly  ?  Perhaps  if  given  its  right  name  this  might  be  more 
manageable. 
